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Participles Pueri currentes defessi fiunt. The boys while running become tired. The boys who are running become tired. amici, in caupona dormientes , clamorem non audiverunt. The friends, sleeping in the inn, didn’t hear the noise .
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Participles • Pueri currentes defessi fiunt. • The boys while running become tired. • The boys who are running become tired.
amici, in caupona dormientes, clamorem non audiverunt. • The friends, sleeping in the inn, didn’t hear the noise. • The Friends who were sleeping in the inn did not hear the noise.
Participles are verbal adjectives • Pueri currentes defessi fiunt. • currentes is masculine, nominative, plural to agree with pueri.
Present participles in Latin end in ns and ntem in the singular and ntes in the plural. • Present Participles in English end in ing. • The boys while running become tired.
Participles are translated relative to the time of the main verb. • Present participles mean same time as action of main verb.
amici, in caupona dormientes, clamorem non audiverunt. • The friends, sleeping in the inn, did’nt hear the noise. • The Friends who were sleeping in the inn did not hear the noise.
Participles • Ancillae festinare iussae aquam portaverunt • The slave girls ordered to hurry carried water. • The slave girls who had been ordered to hurry carried water.
Convivae in triclinium ducti in lectis accubuerunt. • The guests led into the dining room reclined on the couches. • The guests who had been led into the dining room reclined on the couches.